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- 19 Oct 2010
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First Look: October 19, 2010
different organizational contexts, i.e., summer field training and during academic semesters. Leader performance was measured with leadership grades (supervisor ratings) aggregated over four years at West... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- Mar 2012
- Article
The Incentive Bubble
The past three decades have seen American capitalism quietly transformed by a single, powerful idea--that financial markets are a suitable tool for measuring performance and structuring compensation. Stock... View Details
- 03 Feb 2018
- Op-Ed
How to Heed BlackRock's Call for Corporate Social Responsibility
financial purpose. Because BlackRock manages more than $6 trillion in assets, Mr. Fink’s announcement has the potential to help change companies’ behaviors in big ways. But this will happen only if BlackRock and other large asset managers add social View Details
Keywords: by Julie Battilana
- 02 Jun 2010
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First Look: June 2
Review 88, no. 6 (June 2010) An abstract is unavailable at this time. Read the preview: http://hbr.org/2010/06/change-for-changes-sake/ar/1 Working PapersLimits of Nonprofit Impact: A Contingency Framework for Measuring Social View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 01 Mar 2004
- News
Reforming Company Boards
or annually? I think it will go the other way. We will get to a point where some performance measures — like sales or orders — are reported daily. Many people argue that this will increase volatility. I... View Details
Keywords: Corporate Services
- 30 Apr 2001
- Research & Ideas
Why Evolutionary Software Development Works
the performance of projects in the industry, we examined two outcome measures—one related to the performance of the final product and the other to the productivity achieved in terms of resource consumption... View Details
- 01 Jul 2008
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First Look: July 1, 2008
development and innovation? Purchase this case: http://harvardbusinessonline.hbsp.harvard.edu/ b01/en/common/item_detail.jhtml?id=308057 TD Canada Trust (A): The Green and the Red Harvard Business School Case 108-005 The case series illustrates the role of View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 16 Mar 2010
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First Look: March 16
Fahlenbrach Publication:Journal of Financial and Quantitative Analysis (forthcoming) Abstract Large shareholders may play an important role for firm performance and policies, but identifying this empirically presents a challenge due to... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 24 May 2011
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First Look: May 24
gaining ground in banking. In light of the recent financial crisis, several commentators concluded that the continuing expansion of risk measurement is dysfunctional (Power, 2009; Taleb, 2007). This paper asks whether the expansion of... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 14 May 2013
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First Look: May 14
literature on information and control in interfirm agreements using a sample of over 100 Internet portal alliance contracts. The literature on information and control in alliances suggests that the use of verifiable performance View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 05 Dec 2007
- Sharpening Your Skills
Sharpening Your Skills: Managing Marketing
productivity, says Professor Gail J. McGovern. In this Q&A, she discusses what executives can do to repair the split and introduces a new diagnostic tool for measuring marketing performance used in the... View Details
- Fast Answer
Sustainability in CPG and Retail
strategies and performance measurement (HarvardKey) Journal of Cleaner Production, Volume 203, 2018. Literature review examining key drivers for the adoption of CES strategies in the retail sector, as well as the most... View Details
- 01 Jun 2000
- News
Flexibility Is Key to Product Development in Internet Time
encompassed a wide range of applications, including products, services, and development tools for both commercial and individual users. Because the undertakings were so diverse, the researchers couldn't measure each project against the... View Details
Keywords: Judith A. Ross
- Web
Corporate Finance: Corporate Financial Operations (CFO) - Course Catalog
Measuring and Driving Performance Forecasting Managing Cash and Source of Funding Managing Risk Managing Investment, Divestitures, and Portfolios of Businesses Nearly all class sessions will be case based.... View Details
- 01 Sep 2004
- News
HBS Clubs and Associations
concepts to improve organizational effectiveness. Richardson attended a more targeted program titled Performance Measurement for Effective Management of Nonprofit Organizations, which is designed to boost... View Details
- 01 Apr 2015
- Research & Ideas
The Slow, Steady Battle to Fix Cancer Care
payment model undoubtedly simplifies billing matters for the patients, the main impetus is to lower health care costs while simultaneously improving quality of care. In the traditional fee-for-service model, hospitals secure permission from the patient's insurance... View Details
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Strategic Financial Analysis Online Course | HBS Online
success. 8 weeks 5-6 hours per week 6 modules Self-Paced This course earns you a Certificate of Completion from HBS Online. What you earn . Overview Syllabus Enrollment Stories FAQs Enroll Now Key Concepts Forecast financial performance... View Details
- 22 Jul 2008
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First Look: July 22, 2008
the performance of, teams. We find that the level of team familiarity (i.e., the average number of times that each member has worked with every other member of the team) has a significant positive effect on performance, but we observe... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 28 Apr 2015
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First Look: April 28
Management: Can a Balanced Scorecard Change a Culture? By: Gibbons, Robert, and Robert S. Kaplan Abstract—Agency theorists, historically, have analyzed what kinds of performance measures should be used in... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 13 Mar 2005
- Research & Ideas
Reinforcing Values: A Public Dressing Down
performance to improve, only to be bitterly disappointed. For some reason, the right things still don't happen. Why is change so hard? First of all, most people are reluctant to alter their habits. What worked in the past is good enough;... View Details
Keywords: by David A. Garvin & Michael A. Roberto